OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221507809

CALIFORNIA CONCRETE PUMPING, INC.

CHICO, CA— 2022-10-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Circulatory Blockage, Clearing, Compressed Gas, Concrete, Concrete Pump, High Pressure, Load Line, Pipe, Pump, Rupture, Struck By, Truck Boom
NAICS: 238110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346302276
Employer profile: CALIFORNIA CONCRETE PUMPING, INC.
Summary number: 221507809
Report ID: 0950623
Project type: A
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by ruptured pipe

Investigation abstract

At 3:49 p.m. on October 21, 2022, an employee was using compressed air to remove a blockage from boom pump lines on a Putzmeister Truck-mounted concrete pump. The employee injected gas into the pipe and was beating on it with hammer when the pipe ruptured. The employee was struck by the pipe and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 48 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
849

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